Roberto Mancini has not been heard from since he left Inter Milan last year. Li Bin originally thought that it was estimated that he was at home with Inter Milan's severance pay and lived a comfortable life, but who would have thought that he had not completely given up, and he didn't know how to do it and took the line of Abu Dhabi!

This is too unscientific, the current Mancini is a waste without any honor, how did those local tyrants take a fancy to him? If you want a consultant, can't I give you a free part-time job? Why did you go to him?

complained in his heart that it was unscientific, but Li Bin also knew that there was nothing unscientific about this: in memory, although these local tyrants were rich, their vision had always been very low-end, and at the beginning, they even used Hughes - although Mancini is a piece of waste, but compared to Hughes, he is at least a piece of material, and Hughes's things that are not even materials at all, Abu Dhabi can see it, this vision is simply amazing, since Hughes is possible, let alone Mancini? After all, he used to be the head coach of the G14 team.

And these local tyrants have always had the habit of looking for consultants, they have been looking for consultants to do things during the Premier League, and various teams have been poached by them, Barcelona's management, Serie A's coaching staff, and Arsenal's players have always been the objects of their excavation. These people are very rational, they have a consultant, it is still Mancini, and it is not a particularly strange thing.

However, this made Li Bin want to vomit blood: I wasted so much effort, and finally squeezed Mancini away, and he turned into a good friend of the local tyrant? Why don't I have this kind of anti-heaven protagonist luck? Mancini is handsome, but it can't be that because he is handsome, his luck is so good that he loses his conscience!

"After Mancini got out of class, he went to the Middle East, and when he was on vacation there, he met someone from the Abu Dhabi consortium, and it was said that the Abu Dhabi consortium was interested in buying a team, so they consulted him about a lot of things, and they talked very well, so Mancini was hired by them. And you also know that Mancini's attitude towards you is not an exaggeration to say that he hates you to the core: if it weren't for you, he would still be the head coach of Inter Milan, maybe he would have won the league championship and was hailed as the best coach of Inter Milan in 20 years. But you made him so miserable, and he also hated you, I guess he wouldn't recommend you if he wanted Abu Dhabi to recommend a coach. And, more likely, it is his own acceptance of Abu Dhabi's future team. ”

"I just don't fix him, and he's not the best in 20 years, after Inter Milan is angry, it is impossible to continue to satisfy a league champion, there is no breakthrough in the Champions League, they can't be satisfied, those things are just his imagination. But...... This is really good luck. Li Bin muttered, "In this way, it will be troublesome where I will go in the future." ”

"Actually, I suggested you think about it last year, and I still recommend that you think about going to a team that is a little lower in the Premier League this year. The Premier League market is very big, very big, and their financial distribution is also very good, which makes these teams financially very good, compared to other teams, as long as the Premier League teams do not take out their own loans, there are no worries about the financial situation. Moreover, I personally think that the most critical thing in managing a team, to put it bluntly, is how to ensure that you have the right, in the Premier League, although the environment there is a little more relaxed, but the stronger the team, the more troublesome it is. Manchester United's Glazer, Chelsea's Abou, Arsenal's board of directors, Liverpool's Yankees, are all very bosses, they are poor, the buyer is directly bought, even if it is good, it is also very harsh on the use of money, if you meet such a boss, it is better to find a boss with slightly worse financial resources, but less management. Lee, I know your ability, I think, for you, an investment of 30 million in a season can guarantee you good results - and with an investment of 30 million, there are probably three or four other teams in the Premier League that can do it. And I would say that the investment of 30 million, generally speaking, any Premier League team in good condition can provide it, so the most critical issue is how to get more authority. Although the local tyrant can give you a lot of money, but it will never give you a lot of authority, if you consider spending less, you can also get more power, I think this is more important. ”

"If you have a lot of power, you might as well do business with my team?"

"That's one aspect, but not the whole story. My personal opinion is to find a slightly better team, find the kind of team with a good foundation, good players, their players come to you, you are willing to stay, you can keep a lot of good players, if you don't want to stay, then sell them, you can also exchange a lot of money. Moreover, you know the tradition of the Premier League, although now after the capital injection, the tradition has been washed away, but the team with less capital injection, the tradition is still relatively good, and it is not difficult to find a boss who interferes less in the team's affairs. If you can win the Champions League, in your capacity, you need to be fully managed, in the context of the Premier League, there should be no one except the big four teams who are uncompromising - of course it is impossible to remove the financial director, but you can definitely have the authority that no team is likely to give you. "There is a lot of potential for the development of the Premier League team, 30 million a year is definitely not a problem, maybe there will be more, if you can bring out the results, they will definitely increase the price." ”

Speaking of this, Martins was a little excited, "In the 90s, Arsenal played extremely ugly, but with Arsene Wenger, they have become one of the best-looking teams in the world, they have the highest income, and they are in the limelight. If you go to the Premier League, you can find a team that has room to develop and make it as good as Arsenal, it's definitely not hard for you, it's very ......'

"Don't compare me to Arsene Wenger, can you? I think it's weird. ”

"I'm just giving you the most likely way out. The Abu Dhabi consortium is not easy to hold, you have to have a way to settle for the next best. ”

"It's good, I know it, you let me think about it."

Li Bin didn't let him say more. That's a really good statement, maybe I should really think about it, can I consider other teams?

But put those aside for now, Christmas is here, and the party at my house is coming, so when I get there, let's talk to the guys—

Before Christmas, if there is another thing that can be noticed by everyone, it is the Champions League draw.

The sixteen teams this season surprised Li Bin: the four teams in Serie A all reached the round of 16 of the Champions League, and what surprised him even more was that all of them qualified as the Champions League group winners. Surprisingly, Roma pushed Arsenal to second place in the group, while Inter Milan beat Olympiacos to qualify, and Milan were not very strong against Fenerbahce, making them both top of the group.

Some of the strong teams in the Champions League have fallen to the second place in the group: Liverpool, Arsenal, and Chelsea are all second in the group, and Real Madrid won the second place in the group because of the encounter with Lyon. The three of them should be the strongest teams they are most likely to encounter.

And this makes Parma's draw extremely unpredictable: as the top of the group, they are likely to face Schalke 04, Liverpool, Arsenal, Olympiacos, Celtic, Real Madrid, Fenerbahce - seven of the eight teams are possible, and the gap is very large. If you draw one of the stronger teams, it will probably be difficult to play, but if you meet a weaker team, then you can be very lucky.

"I hope we're not going to be such a bad team – we've been pretty depressed in the group stage, so we can't give us another game......

Li Bin, as one of the coaches, naturally appeared at the venue of the draw. And before the draw, he kept chattering, hoping to draw the weak team.

Li Bin's wish, apparently in return, almost jumped for joy when he saw Parma's signing.

"Parma vs...... Olympiacos. ”

Olympiacos – that's almost the weakest of the seven teams, maybe better than the Celtics? But in any case, the Greek football team can already be said to be weak to the home.

Greece played fairly well in the first few seasons, and even rushed to the top six in Europe at one point, but there is indeed a big gap between their strength and the strong teams, and they can't compete with the real strong teams at all. Although Olympiacos is a complete hegemonic team in Greece, they have only failed to win the championship twice in more than ten years, but compared with the other five major league teams, their strength is simply a mess.

The draw was so good – they were lucky compared to the other teams' signings, but a closer look at the other teams' signings made him understand what UEFA was thinking.

Manchester United against Schalke 04, Milan against Arsenal, Inter Milan against Liverpool, Roma against Real Madrid and Chelsea again against Barcelona ...... Instead, Lyon and Sevilla, one drew Celtic and the other drew Fenerbahce, and they were amazingly lucky.

From the beginning of the round of 16 games, it is a burst of death, these games, in addition to Manchester United to win may be relatively easy, the remaining teams, which one is facing an extremely fierce struggle, one is not good, any big league may directly face the situation of total annihilation, such a situation, it seems that compared to the duel between strong teams and weak teams, it is much more intense.

Looking around, the faces of the chairmen of several giant teams can only be described as pale as dirt: since the top 16, they have been strong teams every step of the way, and this situation, even if their strength is very strong, is difficult to bear. Who would have thought that this year's draw would be so brutal?

This is to let the strong team squeeze and let the weak team advance smoothly - Li Bin suddenly found that this is indeed the UEFA after Platini took over. The era of Platini, who specializes in the management of the Premier League and the giants, has arrived, and Parma, as a small team, has been supported as an underdog.

However, it feels good to be helped! Olympiacos, this opponent, is too simple, and if you can't win in the face of such a team, how can you mix it up?